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title: עֲבָרִים — Abarim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲבָרִים (5682), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Abarim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. ʿAbārîm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲבָרִים

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«עֲבָרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abarim** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 5682 · **BDB:** עֲבָרִים

### Glosses

the.Abarim (4); Abarim (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abarim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5682/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. ʿAbārîm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5682/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. ʿAbārîm (proposes regions beyond river or sea);—usually הַר הָע׳ Nu 27:12 Dt 32:49 (= הַר־נְבוֹ; both P), and הָרֵי הָע׳ 33:47 (לִפְנֵי נְבוֹ), v 48 (P); alone only צַעֲקִי מֵעֲבָרִים Je 22:20; the mountainous district in NW. Moab, just NE. of Dead Sea, GASmGeogr. 548 and EBi BuhlGeogr. 122; 𝔊 Αβαρειμ (-ειν), but τὸ ἐν τῷ πέραν Nu 33:47, εἰς τὸ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης Je 22:20.—Vid. also sub עִיִּים.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲבָרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5682/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 33:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.48/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵהָרֵ֣י הָעֲבָרִ֑ים וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת מוֹאָ֔ב עַ֖ל יַרְדֵּ֥ן יְרֵחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from the.mountains of the.Abarim and they.encamped in the.plains of.Moab at the.Jordan of.Jericho

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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[Numbers 33:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.47/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵעַלְמֹ֣נ דִּבְלָתָ֑יְמ עַלְמֹ֣נ דִּבְלָתָ֑יְמָה וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ בְּהָרֵ֥י הָעֲבָרִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֥י נְבֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Almon-diblathaim and they.encamped in the.mountains of the.Abarim before Nebo

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, in front of Nebo.

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